Spinningayarn brings up opening race double for Kennedy Jack Kennedy landed an opening race double on the card when partnering the Gordon Elliott-trained Spinningayarn to an impressive all-the-way success in the Easter Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse. A former point-to-point and bumper winner, the Robcour-owned gelding had finished a promising third on his hurdling debut at Clonmel last month. Making all under Kennedy here, the 5/6f was strongly pressed by both Treasure Memory and Emerald Poet after two out. However, the six-year-old showed a real turn of foot to assert on the run to the final flight, staying on strongly to beat Reckless by seven-and-a-half lengths. “We had a run and we knew he’d stay. He’s a grand, honest, straightforward horse. He’s probably more of a chaser down the road but he’s a nice horse,” said Elliott. “He probably got stuck on the worst of the ground the last day and it just didn’t happen for him. We kept it simple today. “We’ll try and find a rated novice for him and I’d say you could step him right up in trip.” Additional reporting by Gary Carson.
